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A multifaceted multidisciplinary perspective: Authors of Collecting the West discuss their groundbreaking approach to understanding the history of collecting in Western Australia

Lauren Pratt Collecting the West Interview Jess Burns

A multifaceted multidisciplinary perspective: Authors of Collecting the West discuss their groundbreaking approach to understanding the history of collecting in Western Australia

In this interview, UWAP intern Jess Burns speaks with Alistair, Gaye and Tiffany on how collections helped Western Australia discover a sense of place, the entanglement of colonisation in collecting and the important role Indigenous peoples played in this history.  

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Pip Smith speaks with UWAP intern Reilly McGrath about 'The Pull of the Moon' and the challenges of mingling fact with fiction.

Lauren Pratt fiction Interview Pip Smith Reilly McGrath The Pull of the Moon YA YA and Children's

Pip Smith speaks with UWAP intern Reilly McGrath about 'The Pull of the Moon' and the challenges of mingling fact with fiction.

The Pull of the Moon (2025) is the anticipated second novel by Sydney-based author Pip Smith, whose debut work Half Wild (2017) won her an SMH Best Young Australian Novelist award in 2018.

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Getting to know 2025 DHA shortlistee, Tim Loveday

Lauren Pratt Interview Reilly McGrath The Dorothy Hewett Award Tim Loveday

Getting to know 2025 DHA shortlistee, Tim Loveday

Bad Westerns is an unpublished poetry collection that is shortlisted for the 2025 Dorothy Hewett Award. In this short interview, with UWA Publishing intern Reilly McGrath, Tim Loveday shares how it feels to be shortlisted and his advice for writers looking to submit to the Dorothy Hewett Award in the future.

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Getting to know 2025 DHA shortlistee, Roderick Poole

Lauren Pratt Interview Reilly McGrath Roderick Poole The Dorothy Hewett Award

Getting to know 2025 DHA shortlistee, Roderick Poole

you are HERE is an unpublished novel that is shortlisted for the 2025 Dorothy Hewett Award. In this short interview, with UWA Publishing intern Reilly McGrath, Roderick Poole shares how it feels to be shortlisted and his advice for writers looking to submit to the Dorothy Hewett Award in the future.

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Getting to know 2025 DHA shortlistee, N. J. Madden

Lauren Pratt Interview N. J. Madden Reilly McGrath The Dorothy Hewett Award

Getting to know 2025 DHA shortlistee, N. J. Madden

Laughing River is an unpublished novel that is shortlisted for the 2025 Dorothy Hewett Award. In this short interview, with UWA Publishing intern Reilly McGrath, N. J. Madden shares how it feels to be shortlisted and his advice for writers looking to submit to the Dorothy Hewett Award in the future.

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